(Happy Birthday Hanipreet kaur) Harmanpreet Kaur is one of the star female cricketers of India. She is also the captain of the women’s T20 team. In his short cricketing career, Harmanpreet Singh has achieved a lot for the country and for himself. The all-rounder turned 33 on Tuesday. Harmanpreet has not only done well for the Indian national team, she is also the first Indian woman to play in the Women’s Big Bash League.
Born on March 8, 1989 in Moga district of Punjab, Harmanpreet made her international debut against Pakistan in the 2009 Women’s World Cup. He also made his T20 debut against England in the same year. At the same time, Harmanpreet made her Test debut for India five years later in 2014 against England itself.
Since her debut, Harmanpreet has risen to the highest level as a cricketer. She has also captained India at international level. One of her most notable performances came in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017. In the semi-final against Australia, Harmanpreet scored an unbeaten 171 off just 115 balls, the highest individual score by an Indian in a World Cup. With this, it is the second highest score for an Indian cricketer in ODIs.
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Let us know some important records of his cricket career:
- Captained and played a key role in India’s victory in the 2012 Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup held in China.
- She was instrumental in India’s big win against the South Africa women’s cricket team in a Test match in November 2015, which was played at the Gangotri Glades Cricket Ground in Mysore, India.
- Assisted the Indian women’s cricket team to win the 2016 T20 International series held in Australia
- In June 2016, Sydney Thunder became the first Indian cricketer to be signed by an overseas Twenty20 franchise for the Women’s Big Bash League champions.
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- In the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final against Australia, 171 runs from 115 balls became the second highest Indian scorer in Women’s One Day Internationals.
- Named as one of the players in the 2017 ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year.
- Awarded Arjuna Award in 2017.
- Named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2018.
- In 2017 he became the first Indian cricketer to sign for the English Cricket Board (ECB) Kia Super League. She played for Surrey Stars.
- The record for the highest individual score for India in the history of Women’s Cricket World Cup.
- She is the second Indian batsman after Mithali Raj to be ranked in the top 10 ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings.
- In November 2018, women became the first woman from India to score a century in Twenty20 Internationals.
- In October 2019, she became the first woman cricketer for India to play 100 international Twenty20 matches.